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Being unfettered is basically a requirement to become as ruthless as this category demands, and the fundamental idea of the UberMensch is roughly the man who \
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(It can also frequently be a case of extreme MoralDissonance between the writer and the audience. For example if the writer is a WellintentionedExtremist (which is a common drive to start writing in the first place) he/she might consider \\\"Nuke \\\'Em Back To The Stone Age\\\"/\\\"scorched earth\\\" DisproportionateRetribution, or systematic cleansings of people with severe mental or physical handicaps as fully acceptable, or even admireable, whereas the majority of the readers [[{{UnderStatement}} might disagree]])

Anyway, being unfettered from restraints is basically a requirement to become as systematically ruthless as this category demands, and the fundamental idea of the UberMensch is roughly the man who \\\"through superior power and self-direction does whatever he deems best as it is beyond the realms of his lessers to decide... [[SarcasmMode hail Cthulhu!]]\\\" usually through WellIntentionedExtremist or SocialDarwinist very ruthless methods, and this category is all about being ridiculously extreme, with well-intentioned as an optional extra...

As for PsychoForHire, there are even various examples listed here within the type V section, and part of the NinetiesAntiHero characters were also in this category.
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Being unfettered is basically a requirement to become as ruthless as this category demands, and the fundamental idea of the UberMensch is roughly the man who \
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Being unfettered is basically a requirement to become as ruthless as this category demands, and the fundamental idea of the UberMensch is roughly the man who \\\"through superior power and self-direction does whatever he deems best as it is beyond the realms of his lessers to decide... [[SarcasmMode hail Cthulhu!]]\\\" usually through WellIntentionedExtremist or SocialDarwinist very ruthless methods, and this category is all about being very extreme, with well-intentioned as an optional extra...

As for PsychoForHire, there are even various examples listed here within the type V section, and part of NinetiesAntiHero types are also in this category.
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Well, the basic fundament of this category is that it\'s a DesgnatedHero, i.e. not necessarily a hero at all, and very easily a villain or full-blown COmpelteMonster, simply played in a protagonist role, or as the lesser of two evils. Being unfettered is basically a requirement to become as ruthless as this category demands, and the fundamental idea of the UberMensch is the man who \
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Well, the basic fundament of this category is that it\\\'s a DesignatedHero, i.e. not necessarily a hero at all, frequently a VillainProtagonist by almost any measure, and occasionally a full-blown CompleteMonster, simply played in a protagonist role, or as the lesser of two evils relating to the situation in progress.

Being unfettered is basically a requirement to become as ruthless as this category demands, and the fundamental idea of the UberMensch is roughly the man who \\\"through superior power and self-direction does whatever he deems best as it is beyond the realms of his lessers to decide\\\" usually through WellIntentionedExtremist or SocialDarwinist very ruthless methods, and this category is all about being very extreme, with well-intentioned as an optional extra...

As for PsychoForHire, there are even various examples listed here within the type V section, and part of NinetiesAntiHero types are also in this category.
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